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|familia=Lamiaceae
|familia=Lamiaceae
|genus=Salvia
|genus=Salvia
|species=chiapensis
|species=chiapensis
|taxo_author=Fernald
|common_name=Chiapas sage
|common_name=Chiapas sage
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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'''''Salvia chiapensis''''' ('''Chiapas sage''') is a herbaceous perennial native to the province of [[Chiapas]], Mexico, growing between 7000-9500 feet elevation in [[cloud forest]]s. It was introduced to horticulture in the 1980s, probably as a result of a collecting trip by the University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley.
Chiapas sage grows about 1.5-2 ft tall and wide, with several stems growing out of the rootstock. The 3 inch long and 1.5 inch wide elliptic shaped leaves are ivy-green, glossy, and deeply veined, growing widely spaced along the stem. The flowers are bright fuchsia, with 3-6 flowers growing in whorls, widely spaced along the inflorescence. The flower is .75 in long and covered in hairs, with a .5 in long pea-green calyx.<ref name="Clebsch">{{cite book|last=Clebsch|first=Betsy|coauthors=Carol D. Barner|title=The New Book of Salvias|publisher=Timber Press|date=2003|page=74|isbn=9780881925609|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA74}}</ref>
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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